Access to Justice (司法公正)

李明哲轉囚湖南高戒備監獄 (Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che transferred to high-security prison in Hunan)
Central News Agency, January 12, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180112/s00013/1515693961456

安徽男子涉贪被捕检察院13年后决定不起诉，已申请国家赔偿 (Anhui man, once arrested for suspected corruption, demands state compensation after procuratorate spent 13 years deciding not to press charges)
The Paper, January 11, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1943320

检察院办案如何防范人情案关系案？海南省检：随机分配案件 (Hainan provincial Procuratorate randomly distributes cases to prosecutors to prevent personal relationship from getting involved)
Supreme People's Procuratorate, January 11, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1944284

珠海市公安局不认可蔺其磊律师担任甄江华辩护人 (Rights lawyer Lin Qilei denied by Zhuhai police to represent activist Zhen Jianghua)
Human Rights Campaign in China, January 10, 2018
https://www.hrcchina.org/2018/01/blog-post_10.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

旅美导演摄制「六四」纪录片 大陆家人遭警问话 (Family members of June Fourth documentary director questioned by mainland police)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/director-01112018091046.html

Related:
1989的女孩 (Children of 1989)
YouTube, January 8, 2018
https://youtu.be/0CWbcYz1VHA

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing professor dismissed as sexual harassment allegations spark campus activism
Reuters, January 12, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-harassment/beijing-professor-dismissed-as-sexual-harassment-allegations-spark-campus-activism-idUSKBN1F10J9

入围奥斯卡的艾未未：我和中国政权是恒久不变的对立关系 (Ai Weiwei, whose documentary gets shortlisted for Oscar, calls himself dissident against Chinese regime forever)
The Initium, January 12, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180112-mainland-aiweiwei/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

2017年全国纪检监察机关处分52.7万人 (527,000 people punished by discipline inspection authorities nationwide in 2017)
People’s Daily, January 12, 2018
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2018-01/12/nw.D110000renmrb_20180112_2-04.htm

Samsung faces French legal case over alleged abuses and use of child labor in China
Agence France-Presse, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/samsung-faces-french-legal-case-alleged-abuses-use-child-labour-china/

A blue sky in Beijing? It’s not a fluke, says Greenpeace
北京冬日重现蓝天，中国治理污染初见成效
The New York Times, January 11, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/world/asia/pollution-beijing-declines.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180112/pollution-beijing-declines/

In China, gauging public opinion is hard
The Economist, January 11, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21734396-explaining-it-harder-china-gauging-public-opinion-hard

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Skype's rolling out end-to-end encryption for hundreds of millions of people
Wired, January 11, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/skype-end-to-end-encryption-voice-text/

WhatsApp security flaws could allow snoops to slide into group chats
Wired, January 10, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-security-flaws-encryption-group-chats/

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Marriott to China: We do not support separatists
列西藏、台湾为“国家”，万豪致歉：不支持分裂
The New York Times, January 11, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/business/china-marriott-tibet-taiwan.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180112/china-marriott-tibet-taiwan/

教材被指「民族分裂」 三維族高官遭查 (Senior Uyghur officials under investigation for allegedly advocating “ethnic separatists” while editing ethnic language textbooks)
Sing Tao Daily, January 11, 2018
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1729541&target=2

In mass address, China's Xi calls for total party loyalty
Reuters, January 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/in-mass-address-chinas-xi-calls-for-total-party-loyalty-idUSKBN1F01KC

Hong Kong (香港)

再被揭熟知僭建條例 鄭若驊曾打涉非法結構官司 (Justice chief Teresa Cheng found of representing client in illegal structure lawsuit in 2003)
Apple Daily, January 12, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180112/57697880

Related:
Labor Party reports Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng to police, alleging she made false bank statements
Hong Kong Free Press, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/labour-party-reports-justice-sec-teresa-cheng-police-alleging-made-false-bank-statements/

NGO urges Hong Kong gov’t to respect prisoners’ rights ahead of UN report
Hong Kong Free Press, January 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/12/ngo-urges-hong-kong-govt-respect-prisoners-rights-ahead-un-report/

Will Hong Kong government’s new budget change life for low-income workers?
South China Morning Post, January 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2127867/hong-kong-government-budgets-rise-3-cent-carrie-lam-pledges

Commentary (评论)

How Myanmar fits into China’s global power ambitions
Quartz, January 12, 2018
https://qz.com/1178252/how-myanmar-fits-into-chinas-global-power-ambitions/

筆陣：須深思如何操作一國兩制 (A deep reflection is needed to implement “One Country, Two Systems”)
Mingpao, January 12, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180112/s00012/1515693929164

我是否已被統戰了？ (Have I been united under the United Front?)
Apple Daily, January 10, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180110/20269870

Access to Justice (司法公正)

余文生就遭受酷刑提起的国家赔偿申请书 (Rights lawyer Yu Wensheng demands state compensation for being allegedly tortured by Beijing police)
Weiquanwang, January 11, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_35.html

山东农民丁汉忠抗拆致两死案终审维持死缓判决，家人称将申诉 (Shandong top court upholds suspended death penalty of Ding Hanzhong, peasant who killed 2 in forced eviction dispute; family says will appeal)
The Paper, January 11, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1946542

最高法研讨裁判文书说理改革：让法官愿说理、敢说理、会说理 (Supreme People’s Court discusses reforms to reasoning of judgment decisions: Judges must be willing, daring, and capable to provide arguments)
Supreme People’s Court, January 10, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1943650

江苏江阴：“一体四翼”立体化刑执信息网络实现业务全覆盖 (Jiangyin City Procuratorate in Jiangsu Province installs parallel monitoring system in detention centers to automatically back up CCTV footage)
Procuratorate Daily, January 10, 2018
http://www.spp.gov.cn/zdgz/201801/t20180110_208485.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

习近平获保护记者委员会“严控媒体奖” (Xi Jinping awarded winner of Tightest Grip on Media by Committee to Protect Journalists)
Voice of America, January 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/press-freedom-under-attack-20180110/4202421.html

Related:
In response to Trump's fake news awards, CPJ announces Press Oppressors awards
Committee to Protect Journalists, January 8, 2018
https://cpj.org/blog/2018/01/press-oppressor-awards-trump-fake-news-fakies.php

人教部编初中历史课本送审版删除文革十年一课 (Cultural Revolution downplayed in upcoming official history textbook for junior high schools)
Radio France Internationale, January 10, 2018
http://bit.ly/2AQjHk5

工业和信息化部办公厅关于印发《工业和信息化部政府信息主动公开基本目录（试行）》的通知 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology publishes interim catalog for open government information: Regulations, normative documents on telecommunication and Internet administration should be published proactively)
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, January 9, 2018
http://www.miit.gov.cn/n1146295/n1652858/n1652930/n3757016/c6008072/content.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

全国社会组织、社会工作、志愿服务管理系统学习贯彻2018年全国民政工作会议精神视频会议在京召开 (Ministry of Civil Affairs Social Organization Administration Bureau hosts videoconference with regulatory organs: Top priority for 2018 is “political building” and have registered social organizations, social workers and volunteers to “listen to the party, follow the party and be grateful to the party”)
Ministry of Civil Affairs, January 10, 2018
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/zwgk/mzyw/201801/20180100007256.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese authorities demolish well-known evangelical church
Associated Press, January 11, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-authorities-demolish-well-known-evangelical-church/2018/01/11/947ef21a-f696-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html

Related:
国际组织：亚洲基督徒受迫害比例高，中国情况仍堪忧 (Open Doors USA says Christians’ situation in China is worrying)
Voice of America, January 11, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/open-door-usa-releases-world-watch-list-20180110/4202261.html

Greenpeace says China is winning battle against pollution in big cities but other areas falling behind
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2127736/china-winning-pollution-battle-big-cities-other-areas

China’s graft-busters set to unveil “super agency" as war on corruption hots up
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2127775/chinas-graft-busters-set-unveil-super-agency-war

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

How China's tech empire is being used to gather data on its citizens
Forbes, January 9, 2018
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielrechtschaffen/2018/01/09/how-beijing-built-a-tech-empire-and-then-turned-it-against-its-citizens/#2565ae442472

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Xi orders armed police to uphold CPC's absolute leadership
Xinhua News Agency, January 11, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/d/2018-01-11/detail-ifyqqciz4868503.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

稱買樓時已有 呈銀行資料無提地庫 按揭文件揭鄭若驊講大話 (Justice chief Teresa Cheng claims illegal structures existed when she bought the property, bank document proves otherwise)
Apple Daily, January 11, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180111/20270867

Related:
Illegal structures not shown in Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng’s 2008 mortgage docs despite prior claims
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/11/illegal-structures-not-shown-justice-sec-teresa-chengs-2008-mortgage-docs-despite-prior-claims/

“Incompatible with reality”: Leader Carrie Lam says criticism of joint checkpoint mechanism 
“irrational”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/11/incompatible-reality-leader-carrie-lam-says-criticism-joint-checkpoint-mechanism-irrational/

李國章：從沒打算辭退馬斐森 未到適合時機談續約 (Arthur Li says he never plans to fire HKU head Mathieson, claiming the time wasn’t right to discuss contract extension)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 10, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1374450-20180110.htm

Related:
Beijing’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong did not interfere with university affairs, says HKU council chief Arthur Li
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/10/beijings-liaison-office-hong-kong-not-interfere-university-affairs-says-hku-council-chief-arthur-li/

Commentary (评论)

女童之死與制度之亡 (Death of a girl and failure of the system)
Mingpao, January 11, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180111/s00022/1515588605338

China 2017: Year in review
The Diplomat, January 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/china-2017-year-in-review/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Michael Caster on China's forced disappearances
The Diplomat, January 10, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/michael-caster-on-chinas-forced-disappearances/

Related:
Written appeal on behalf of Wu Gan
China Change, January 10, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/01/10/written-appeal-on-behalf-of-wu-gan/

Chinese men jailed for life after their US$2.4 billion pyramid scheme conned 200,000 people
Reuters, January 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2127560/chinese-men-jailed-life-after-their-us24-billion-pyramid-scheme

聚焦宗教团体、院校及场所 国家宗教局拟完善管理制度体系 (State Administration for Religious Affairs to push for new and revised regulations on contents of religious information online, sites for temporary religious activities, religious academies’ establishment and hiring of foreign personnel)
Xinhua News Agency, January 8, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-01/08/c_1122228390.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China tightens rules for foreign-flavored shows
China Film Insider, January 9, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-tightens-rules-foreign-flavored-shows/

China’s strategy to psych put the West is paying off
The Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-strategy-to-psych-out-the-west-is-paying-off-1515493983

国家新闻出版广电总局通知要求, 节目受警告须立即退出黄金时段 (State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issues notice to prevent programs with “problematic political or value orientations” from airing even in repackaged forms online)
Beijing Youth Daily, January 9, 2018
http://epaper.ynet.com/html/2018-01/09/content_275451.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

吉林抚松县数千人游行示威 抗议当局搬迁中学 (Thousands in Jilin march and protest against relocation of local high school)
Radio Free Asia, January 9, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-01092018104552.html

吉林省民代幼教师近千人冒雪在信访局上访维权 (Nearly 1,000 teachers in Jilin petition for job security, social insurance contributions, and medical care)
Weiquanwang, January 9, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_72.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

广东一教师收学生家长88元红包被诫勉处理 教育局：收取金额虽小，性质相同 (Teacher in Guangdong disciplined by education authority for accepting “red envelope” of 88.88 yuan from parent)
The Beijing News, January 10, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/10/471915.html

Chinese general under investigation, joining a line of fallen commanders
官方证实前中央军委委员房峰辉落马
The New York Times, January 9, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/world/asia/china-general-corruption.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180110/china-general-corruption/

內地374個窮縣 貪走扶貧金逾70億 (374 poverty-stricken counties embezzle more than 7 billion yuan of aid over 2 years)
Mingpao, January 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180109/s00004/1515489603095

Suicide at Chinese iPhone factory reignites concern over working conditions
The Telegraph, January 7, 2018
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/07/suicide-chinese-iphone-factory-reignites-concern-working-conditions/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

国家网信办约谈支付宝 要求“全面排查 专项整顿” (Cyberspace Administration of China talks to Alipay demanding thorough investigation and specific correction after user information leak)
The Beijing News, January 10, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/10/471893.html

Apple: Chinese firm to operate China iCloud accounts
British Broadcasting Company, January 10, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42631386

Related:
內地iCloud服務 2月底起轉由內地公司營運 (iCloud service inside China to be run by mainland company starting from end of February)
Mingpao, January 10, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180110/s00002/1515548132401

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China to fund construction of counter-terrorism base in northern Afghanistan
The Hindu, January 10, 2018
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-to-fund-construction-of-counter-terrorism-base-in-northern-afghanistan/article22410087.ece

IS战场溃败 大批圣战分子威胁回流新疆 (Large number of jihadists threaten to go back to Xinjiang after being defeated fighting for IS)
Radio France Internationale, January 9, 2018
http://bit.ly/2qK3vBu

Hong Kong (香港)

Charges against Occupy leaders unconstitutional, “beyond criminal law”, lawyer argues
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2127617/charges-against-occupy-leaders-unconstitutional-beyond

Hong Kong justice chief should give up prosecuting power, top lawyer says
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2127533/hong-kong-justice-chief-should-give-prosecuting-power-top

Pro-democracy camp’s petition on joint checkpoint arrangement fails after legislature rule change
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/10/pro-democracy-camps-petition-joint-checkpoint-arrangement-fails-legislature-rule-change/

Former lawmaker Edward Yiu slams pro-Beijing politician’s “misleading” claim that he cannot run for office
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/10/former-lawmaker-edward-yiu-slams-pro-beijing-politicians-misleading-claim-cannot-run-office/

Hong Kong activist temporarily detained at Taiwan airport en route to labor protests
Hong Kong Free Press, January 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/10/hong-kong-activist-temporarily-detained-taiwan-airport-enroute-labour-protests/

Commentary (评论)

何其荒謬的「刑不上公安」 (How ridiculous is police being exempt from criminal liability)
Inmediahk, January 10, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054427

Housing plan for part of Hong Kong Golf Club would showcase Carrie Lam’s commitment to the people
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2127616/housing-plan-part-hong-kong-golf-club-would-showcase-carrie

Hong Kong government must scrap the small-house policy
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2127552/hong-kong-government-must-scrap-small-house-policy

China’s fingerprints are everywhere
The Washington Post, January 9, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-fingerprints-are-everywhere/2018/01/09/9410f060-f580-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese activist Wu Gan appeals subversion sentence
吴淦案上诉状提出「人民有权颠覆政权」
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wugan-appeal-01082018163747.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/appeal-01082018090257.html

司法部副部长在第十届中国律师论坛上作报告 (Ministry of Justice deputy delivers work report at Chinese Lawyer Forum: “Revision of Lawyers Law must be guided by Xi Jinping Thought”)
Central People’s Government, January 8, 2018
http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-01/08/content_5254469.htm

2017中国律师行业最受关注事件和人物发布 (Ministry of Justice, Legal Daily: Formation of CPC Committee for nation’s legal profession gets top spot in list of 10 most notable events, persons in legal profession of 2017)
Legal Daily, January 8, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/08/content_7442396.htm?node=5955

Access to Information (信息公开)

China says it shut down 128,000 websites in 2017
Voice of America, January 8, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-says-it-shut-down-128000-websites-in-2017/4199229.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's women break silence on harassment as #MeToo becomes #WoYeShi
The Guardian, January 9, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/09/china-women-break-silence-harassment-metoo-woyeshi

Chinese authorities demolish one church, close another, in December
西安一天主教堂遭强拆三百教友请愿
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2018
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/churches-01082018181109.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-01082018102918.html

疑农地收益遭侵吞 东莞麻涌镇村民包围派出所 (Villagers in Guangdong storm police station over land rights dispute)
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-01082018103311.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China says 27 of 31 regions met low carbon targets to help tackle climate change
Reuters, January 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2127405/china-says-27-31-regions-met-low-carbon-targets-help

「北京切除」後，20萬拾荒者去哪了？ (Where did 200,000 scavengers go after mass eviction in Beijing?)
The Initium, January 8, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180109-mainland-beijing-scanvengers-after-eviction/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国打造全球最大DNA数据库 采集手法引发争议 (Controversy arises as China gathers DNA of its citizens and builds world’s largest DNA data center)
The Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2018
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20180108/BCH112431.asp

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Rights situation in Xinjiang has “further deteriorated” in recent months: CECC
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/rights-01082018162656.html

Related:
Chairs raise alarm about deteriorating human rights situation in Xinjiang
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, January 8, 2018
https://www.cecc.gov/media-center/press-releases/chairs-raise-alarm-about-deteriorating-human-rights-situation-in

Rising tide of jihadists stopped trying to return to China, Chinese advisers say
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2127352/rising-tide-jihadists-stopped-trying-return-china

Uyghur detentions continue in Xinjiang, despite pledge to end with party congress
Radio Free Asia, January 8, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detentions-01082018164453.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Defense says Hong Kong democracy activists face “unconstitutional, unnecessary” charges in Umbrella Movement trial
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/09/defence-says-hong-kong-democracy-activists-face-unconstitutional-unnecessary-charges-umbrella-movement-trial/

屋宇署證實鄭若驊及丈夫潘樂陶海詩別墅寓所有多處僭建 (Buildings Department confirms multiple illegal structures at justice chief Teresa Cheng and husband’s villas)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1374160-20180109.htm

Related:
No integrity issue, Hong Kong’s leader says, defending justice chief in illegal structure saga
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2127436/no-integrity-issue-hong-kongs-leader-says-defending-justice

Chief Executive Carrie Lam condemns recent attacks on judges after court jails retired cop Frankly Chu
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/09/chief-executive-carrie-lam-condemns-recent-attacks-judges-court-jails-retired-cop-frankly-chu/

Related:
Hong Kong police union demands officers be exempt from criminal liability at work
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2127370/hong-kong-police-union-demands-officers-be-exempt-criminal

Hong Kong activists announce 8 locations for Sunday primaries ahead of legislative by-elections
Hong Kong Free Press, January 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/09/hong-kong-activists-announce-8-locations-sunday-primaries-ahead-legislative-elections/

Related:
Hong Kong by-election hopeful attacked by two men after being sent razor and threatening letter
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2127449/hong-kong-election-hopeful-attacked-two-men-after-being

Advice from government bodies to Hong Kong’s universities could amount to meddling, lawmaker says
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2127368/advice-government-bodies-hong-kongs-universities-could

Death of girl, 5, sparks calls for more help for Hong Kong schools in tackling child abuse cases
South China Morning Post, January 9, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2127446/death-girl-5-sparks-calls-more-help-hong-kong-schools

China's legal move into train station hits Hong Kong rule of law, bar chief says
Reuters, January 8, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-law/chinas-legal-move-into-train-station-hits-hong-kong-rule-of-law-bar-chief-says-idUSKBN1EX1NP

Related:
In Full: New Hong Kong justice minister Teresa Cheng says rule of law “not compromised”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/08/full-speeches-hong-kongs-chief-justice-justice-secretary-start-legal-year/

Commentary (评论)

院校自主 不容中聯辦干預 (University's autonomy shouldn’t be interfered by Liaison Office)
Inmediahk, January 9, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054408

Has Xi fully consolidated his power over the military?
The Diplomat, January 8, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/has-xi-fully-consolidated-his-power-over-the-military/

China’s war on poverty could hurt the poor most
Foreign Policy, January 8, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/08/chinas-war-on-poverty-could-hurt-the-poor-most/

China: France’s Macron should spotlight rights
中国：法国马克龙应强调人权
Human Rights Watch, January 8, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/08/china-frances-macron-should-spotlight-rights
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/01/08/313084

Access to Justice (司法公正)

长沙辅警棒杀金毛犬 男子散布辅警住址被拘5天 (Man detained for 5 days for putting home address of dog-killing auxiliary police online)
Changsha Police, January 7, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2018-01-07/doc-ifyqincv0565680.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

Foreign academics confront Chinese censorship
China Digital Times, January 5, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/01/foreign-academics-debate-confront-chinese-censorship/

Related:
China’s “long arm”
Inside Higher Ed, January 3, 2018
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/01/03/scholars-and-politicians-raise-concerns-about-chinese-governments-influence-over

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Workers don’t need threats, just the chance to negotiate
China Labor Bulletin, January 8, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/workers-don%E2%80%99t-need-threats-just-chance-negotiate

中国曹顺利人权团队在上海的部分人权捍卫者近日第4次上街举牌要求中共政权立即释放全国政治犯并解除党禁报禁 (Human rights defenders in Shanghai hold placards on street demanding release of political prisoners and allowing political parties and media to operate freely)
Weiquanwang, January 7, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/4.html

Zhen Jianghua: The perilous life of a young activist in China
China Change, January 5, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/01/05/zhen-jianghua-the-perilous-life-of-a-young-activist-in-china/

众律师就王全璋律师、李昱函律师权益遭侵害事宜上访中华全国律师协会情况通报 (Update on a group of lawyers petition at All China Lawyers Association for Wang Quanzhang and Li Yuhan)
Weiquanwang, January 5, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_90.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China to move millions of people from homes in anti-poverty drive
The Guardian, January 7, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/07/china-move-millions-people-homes-anti-poverty-drive

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Garbage-sorting violators in China now risk being punished with a junk credit rating
Quartz, January 8, 2018
https://qz.com/1173975/garbage-sorting-violators-in-china-risk-getting-a-junk-credit-rating/

Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for total surveillance
The Washington Post, January 7, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/01/07/feature/in-china-facial-recognition-is-sharp-end-of-a-drive-for-total-surveillance/

大数据面前无隐私，到底谁才是老大哥 (No privacy in front of big data, so who is the Big Brother?)
People’s Daily, January 7, 2018
http://bit.ly/2qGVf4S

Related:
An Orwellian future is taking shape in China
The Sydney Morning Herald, January 8, 2018
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/an-orwellian-future-is-taking-shape-in-china-20171220-h07vbw.html

百度回应被消保委起诉：没有能力监听电话，也不会申请这权限 (Sued by Consumer Protection Commission, Baidu asserts it has no capacity to tap phones and won’t seek such authorization)
The Paper, January 5, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1937672

中央网信办、发展改革委、工业和信息化部联合开展公共信息资源开放试点工作 (CAC, NDRC, and MIIT launch joint pilot program to build interactive database for open information resources in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guizhou by end of 2018)
Cyberspace Administration of China, January 5, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-01/05/c_1122215495.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Outgoing HKU chief says Beijing officials meet him “all the time” and wishes higher education “wasn’t so politicised”
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2127160/outgoing-hku-head-says-beijing-officials-meet-him-all-time

Related:
中大多個學生會聯署 盼段崇智保持風骨、捍衛言論自由 (CUHK student unions join signature campaign urging new university chief to keep integrity and protect freedom of speech)
Mingpao, January 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180108/s00001/1515382837351

“Morale crisis”: Protesters march in support of police and demand Chinese judges after ex-cop jailed for assault
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/08/morale-crisis-protesters-march-support-police-demand-chinese-judges-ex-cop-jailed-assault/

Related:
Bar association condemns insults directed at non-Chinese judge in Hong Kong who jailed senior policeman
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2127157/bar-association-condemns-insults-directed-non-chinese-judge

No candidates for HKU student union leadership as fear of political repercussions cited
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2127227/no-candidates-hku-student-union-leadership-fear-political

Related:
學生會周年大選接獲投訴 選委會被指無理取消提名資格 (HKU Student Union’s Electoral Committee challenged for barring candidate from general election)
Undergrad, January 7, 2018
https://www.undergrad.hk/15741

Hong Kong justice secretary’s home controversy prompts review of integrity checks
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2127203/hong-kong-justice-secretary-home-controversy-prompts-review

Related:
New Hong Kong Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng should resign over “illegal” structures scandal, says top lawyer Lawrence Lok
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/08/new-hong-kong-justice-sec-teresa-cheng-resign-illegal-structures-scandal-says-top-lawyer-lawrence-lok/

Ex-leader of Hong Kong Christian Council slams Beijing for reviving “autocracy”
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2127174/ex-leader-hong-kong-christian-council-slams-beijing-exerting

Commentary (评论)

Too busy to be kind? We Hongkongers have no excuse
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2127288/too-busy-be-kind-we-hongkongers-have-no-excuse

Carrie Lam’s pathetic response to co-location fears: ignore the criticism, attack the critics
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/07/carrile-lams-pathetic-response-co-location-fears-ignore-criticism-attack-critics/

Months after being barred from Hong Kong, Immigration refuses to provide me with answers
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/07/months-barred-hong-kong-immigration-refuses-provide-answers/

人大常委會一言九鼎，鄭若驊應該被DQ！ (According to NPC’s paramount interpretation of the Basic Law, Teresa Cheng should be disqualified!)
Inmediahk, January 7, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054364

錢鋼專文：2017語象報告─「習語」體系確立 (Qian Gang’s 2017 word usage report: Establishment of “Xi Narrative” system)
The Storm Media, January 6, 2018
http://www.storm.mg/article/381189

A Chinese empire reborn
中國，一個復興的帝國
The New York Times, January 5, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/sunday-review/china-military-economic-power.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180108/china-military-economic-power/zh-hant/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Tibetan businessman battles separatism charges in Chinese court
扎西文色受审，否认“煽动分裂”
The New York Times, January 4, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/world/asia/tibet-china-language-separatism-tashi.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180105/tibet-china-language-separatism-tashi/

吴淦案上诉进展 (Human rights defender Wu Gan appeals his sentence, lawyers say)
Voice of America, January 4, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-wu-gan-20180104/4192020.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese news app calls for Communist Party members to work as content reviewers
“今日头条”再招聘2000名内容审核编辑
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2018
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/content-01042018144639.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-01042018102400.html

Chinese democracy advocates identify with Iranian protests
Voice of America, January 4, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-democracy-advocates-identify-with-iranian-protests-/4191877.html

Chinese netizens furious at racist French nursery rhyme
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2126654/chinese-internet-users-furious-racist-french-nursery-rhyme

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国大陆一同性恋者状告广电总局获法院受理 (Gay man brings State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television to court over information disclosure dispute)
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-01042018102032.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

合肥市政府：16处公交站台顶板倒塌致1死28伤 将调查工程质量 |沸点 (Hefei government to launch investigation into 16 bus station roof collapses that killed 1 and injured 28)
The Beijing News, January 5, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/05/471310.html

加班别任性！一月加班超36小时，这家珠海企业被重罚19万！ (Zhuhai company fined 190,000 yuan for forcing 1,905 employees to work overtime)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 5, 2018
https://m.mp.oeeee.com/a/BAAFRD00002018010563610.html

武汉通报年度“十差不满意单位”正风除弊 (Wuhan commission for discipline inspection openly criticizes 10 institutions that performed poorly in 2017)
China Youth Daily, January 5, 2018
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2018-01/05/nw.D110000zgqnb_20180105_9-03.htm

江苏省消保委对百度提起公益诉讼获立案：涉违法获取个人信息 (Jiangsu consumer protection authority sues Baidu for endangering personal information safety)
The Paper, January 5, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1936772

As China greens its economy, these people, businesses, and nations will feel the pinch
Quartz, January 4, 2018
https://qz.com/1152575/as-china-greens-its-economy-these-people-businesses-and-nations-will-feel-the-pinch/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s great firewall is rising
The Economist, January 4, 2018
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21734029-how-high-will-it-go-chinas-great-firewall-rising

Chinese blacklist an early glimpse of sweeping new social-credit control
The Globe and Mail, January 4, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/chinese-blacklist-an-early-glimpse-of-sweeping-new-social-credit-control/article37493300/

Internet users in China expect to tracked. Now they want privacy.
用户隐私意识增强，中国互联网巨头面临挑战
The New York Times, January 4, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/business/china-alibaba-privacy.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180105/china-alibaba-privacy/

Related:
晒“年度账单”却掉坑里，用户权益难逃“潜规则”？ (Alipay users opting to post annual expenditures on social media become unwitting objects of social credit rating)
Xinhua News Agency, January 4, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2018-01/04/c_1122212094.htm

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Xi Jinping calls for battle readiness as troops stage massive winter drills across China
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2126899/xi-jinping-calls-battle-readiness-troops-stage-massive

Hong Kong (香港)

Teresa Cheng announced as Hong Kong’s next secretary for justice, takes office Saturday
Hong Kong Free Press, January 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/05/breaking-teresa-cheng-announced-hong-kongs-incoming-secretary-justice/

Related:
林鄭月娥讚揚袁國強表現卓越 一直致力維護香港法治 (Carrie Lam praises Rimsky Yuen for his excellent performance and consistent dedication to protecting rule of law in Hong Kong)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 5, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1373486-20180105.htm

Hong Kong police commissioner looks to boost force morale after officers jailed for Occupy assaults
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2126904/hong-kong-police-commissioner-looks-boost-force-morale

港前议员带刘晓波夫妇相片参加公听会被拒 (Former lawmaker banned from bringing portrait of Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia to ICCPR public consultation meeting in Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-01042018143906.html

Commentary (评论)

Helpers in Hong Kong deserve to be properly cared for
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126906/helpers-hong-kong-deserve-be-properly-cared

China: Sham trial exposes absurd charge against Tibetan activist
Amnesty International, January 4, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/01/china-sham-trial-against-tibetan-activist/

The Chinese Communist Party has growing sway in Western universities
Democratic Audit UK, January 4, 2018
http://www.democraticaudit.com/2018/01/04/the-chinese-communist-party-has-growing-sway-in-western-universities/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Uyghur inmates in Xinjiang’s Korla city endure overcrowded re-education camps
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/camps-01032018155622.html

最高法：中国裁判文书网访问总量近125亿次 (Supreme People’s Court says total traffic of China Judgments Online approaches 12.5 billion and over 41.31 million judgments are published)
Supreme People’s Court, January 3, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1932948

司法部相关负责人就修订后的《基层法律服务所管理办法》《基层法律服务工作者管理办法》答记者问 (Ministry of Justice holds press conference on revised Measures on Administration of Legal Service Offices at the Grass-roots Level and Measures on Administration of Legal Service Workers at the Grass-roots Level, and it confirms “credit” of grass-roots legal professionals and offices will be tracked)
Legal Daily, January 2, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-01/02/content_7437967.htm?node=5954

最高检印发工作意见深入推进检察改革 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate issues opinion on reform, urging procuratorial organs to “strengthen political awareness”)
Supreme People’s Procuratorate, January 2, 2018
http://www.spp.gov.cn/xwfbh/wsfbh/201801/t20180102_208022.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

A saucy app knows China's taste in news. The censors are worried.
被指传播色情低俗信息，今日头条遭整改
The New York Times, January 2, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/business/china-toutiao-censorship.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20180103/china-toutiao-censorship/

汇聚奋进新时代开启新征程的磅礴伟力——2017年宣传思想文化工作综述 (Summary of work on propaganda, ideology, and culture in 2017: 520,000 people listened to lectures on Xi Jinping Thought in person and 21 million did online)
Xinhua News Agency, January 2, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-01/02/c_1122200644.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

云南曲靖市多地公办教师游行示威 (Public school teachers in Yunnan protest for equal pay and wage in arrears)
Weiquanwang, January 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_80.html

投诉：西安袁骆村村民再次到陕西省政府请愿 (Villagers in Xi’an petition at provincial government after being forced to move into poorly-built relocation homes)
Weiquanwang, January 3, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/blog-post_37.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

How the eviction of Beijing’s migrant workers is tearing at the fabric of the city’s economy
Agence France-Presse, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2126836/how-eviction-beijings-migrant-workers-tearing-fabric

价格欺诈 黑龙江雪乡一店被罚5.9万 (Hostel in Heilongjiang fined 59,000 yuan for cheating customers)
The Beijing News, January 4, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/inside/2018/01/04/471132.html

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Xi Jinping tells army not to fear death in show of China's military might
The Guardian, January 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/04/xi-jinping-tells-army-not-to-fear-death-in-show-of-chinas-military-might

Related:
Why Xi Jinping is once again letting China’s military have a direct link to local authorities
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2126718/why-xi-jinping-once-again-letting-chinas-military-have

China’s new killer drone conducts missile firing tests
The Diplomat, January 3, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/chinas-new-killer-drone-conducts-missile-firing-tests/

Hong Kong, 香港

Hong Kong lawyers condemn personal attacks against judges, urge gov’t to defend judiciary
Hong Kong Free Press, January 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/04/hong-kong-lawyers-condemn-personal-attacks-judges-urge-govt-defend-judiciary/

Related:
Hong Kong police union “extremely disappointed” at jail sentence for retired cop Frankly Chu
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/03/hong-kong-police-union-extremely-disappointed-jail-sentence-retired-cop-frankly-chu/

New CUHK head says he hopes people will discuss issues “rationally and peacefully” on campus
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/03/new-cuhk-head-says-hopes-people-will-discuss-issues-rationally-peacefully-campus/

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong is being squeezed … into China
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/2126768/hong-kong-being-squeezed-china

Related:
Beijing has ultimate control of Hong Kong – that’s the reality of “One Country, Two Systems"
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126779/beijing-has-ultimate-control-hong-kong-thats-reality-one

世界媒体看中国：老大哥来了 (Big brother is coming)
Voice of America, January 4, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-big-borther-comes-20180103/4191187.html

China must release Wu Gan & stop treating free speech as an act of subversion
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 4, 2018
https://www.nchrd.org/2018/01/china-must-release-wu-gan-stop-treating-free-speech-as-an-act-of-subversion/

As America withdraws from Latin America, China steps in
The Diplomat, January 4, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/as-america-withdraws-from-latin-america-china-steps-in/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

提倡更广泛藏语教育的扎西文色即将受审 (Tibetan language education advocate Tashi Wangchuk faces trial)
Voice of America, January 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-tibet-20180102/4189557.html

影像紀實——被驅逐的家庭：在北京的五年，我們搬到哪裏，就拆到哪裏 (Photos of the evicted family: Wherever we move during our 5 years in Beijing, eviction follows)
The Initium, December 31, 2017
https://theinitium.com/article/20180101-photo-beijing-eviction/

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国网络审查 警方：重点人物微信内容“全程监控” (Chinese police says it monitors key persons’ WeChat non-stop)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf3-01022018102020.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

全国民代幼教师维权代表60多人再次到国家信访局上访 (Over 60 teacher representatives petition in Beijing for social security and medical care)
Weiquanwang, January 2, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/01/60.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's uphill struggle fighting extreme poverty
British Broadcasting Company, January 3, 2018
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-china-42548808/china-s-uphill-struggle-fighting-extreme-poverty

Loan sharks continue to prey on Chinese university students by going offline to bypass crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2126435/loan-sharks-continue-prey-chinese-university-students-going

The big black hole in China’s carbon market ambitions
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2125896/big-black-hole-chinas-carbon-market-ambitions

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

「微信身分證」月內由粵推向全國 公安部﹕減資料外泄風險 (WeChat ID card to be promoted nationwide, and Ministry of Public Security claims it reduces risk of information leak)
Mingpao, January 3, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180103/s00013/1514916105426

How antivirus software can be turned into a tool for spying
The New York Times, January 1, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/technology/kaspersky-lab-antivirus.html

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

2018: China vows to be the keeper of international order
The Diplomat, January 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/2018-china-vows-to-be-the-keeper-of-international-order/

Hong Kong (香港)

China may be using joint checkpoint plan to strip Hong Kong courts of power, legal scholar says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/03/china-may-using-joint-checkpoint-plan-stripe-hong-kong-courts-power-legal-scholar-says/

Related:
Joint checkpoint decision in Hong Kong an “act of state”, leading Beijing adviser says
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126569/joint-checkpoint-decision-hong-kong-act-state-leading

“Treating us as beggars”: Talks with striking cleaners collapse after firm offers HK$200 severance deal
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/03/treating-us-beggars-talks-striking-cleaners-collapse-firm-offers-hk200-severance-deal/

Former senior Hong Kong police officer jailed for baton assault during democracy protest
Reuters, January 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests/former-senior-hong-kong-police-officer-jailed-for-baton-assault-during-democracy-protest-idUSKBN1ES08P

Let transgender people have status recognized without undergoing sex reassignment surgery, Hong Kong equality watchdog urges
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2126652/let-transgender-people-have-status-recognised-without

Red tape led to “close to zero” collaboration among Hong Kong bureaus, head of youth policy advisory body says
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126489/red-tape-led-close-zero-collaboration-among-hong-kong

Two deputy directors axed at Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126525/two-deputy-directors-axed-beijings-liaison-office-hong-kong

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s joint rail checkpoint shows the emperor is not always far away, and never out of mind
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/2126598/hong-kongs-joint-rail-checkpoint-shows-emperor-not-always-far-away-and

In their words: Film shows real lives of Africans in China
China Film Insider, January 2, 2018
http://chinafilminsider.com/in-their-words-film-shows-real-lives-of-africans-in-china/

Has the #MeToo moment finally reached China?
The Diplomat, January 2, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/has-the-metoo-moment-finally-reached-china/

人大作出了決定 然後呢？ (NPC made its decision, now what?)
Mingpao, January 2, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180102/s00022/1514810440222

China is pushing its luck with the West
中国伸向西方的手伸得太长了
The New York Times, December 27, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/opinion/china-west-power-influence.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20171228/china-west-power-influence/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

兄长无故死在看守所 胞妹追究责任遭解雇 (Gynecologist fired by Guangdong hospital for seeking justice for late brother who died at detention center)
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/doctor-01012018071515.html

Chinese artist who filmed Beijing's mass evictions now faces eviction himself
艺术家华涌再遭宋庄驱赶 成都亲友受到牵连
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/artist-studio-01012018164021.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/artist-12312017104236.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国新年管控言论第一枪 “今日头条”关闭社会频道 (China censors popular portal website section and replaces it with “New Era” socialist content)
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf3-01012018114540.html

Related:
暗批封锁刘晓波去世消息 脱口秀节目遭删 (Talk show censored in China for criticizing censorship of Liu Xiaobo’s death)
Voice of America, January 1, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-liu-xiaobo-20180101/4187465.html

救助良心犯的微信群被封 群主遭驱赶 (WeChat group banned and group host harassed by state security police for helping political prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-12312017131919.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

惟有坚持才对得起这个时代 ——中国人权律师团2018年新年献辞 (Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group sends New Year's message: Perseverance will see us through)
Weiquanwang, December 31, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/2018_31.html

Related:
Perseverance will see us through — a 2018 New Year’s message from the Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group
China Change, January 1, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/01/01/perseverance-will-see-us-through-a-2018-new-years-message-from-the-chinese-human-rights-lawyers-group/

中国曹顺利人权团队在上海的人权捍卫者近日第3次上街举牌要求中共政权立即释放全国政治犯并解除党禁报禁 (Human rights defenders in Shanghai hold placards on street demanding release of political prisoners and allowing political parties and media to operate freely)
Weiquanwang, December 30, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/3_30.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing university professor suspended after former student accuses him of sexual harassment
Hong Kong Free Press, January 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/02/beijing-university-professor-suspended-former-student-accuses-sexual-harassment/

China names acting mayor for city of Tianjin after bribery scandal
Reuters, January 2, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-tianjin/china-names-acting-mayor-for-city-of-tianjin-after-bribery-scandal-idUSKBN1ER08Z

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Tencent denies storing WeChat records after Chinese billionaire reportedly questions monitoring
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/2126516/tencent-denies-storing-wechat-records-after-chinese-billionaire

中国官方推出相互检举手机程序 民众反应冷淡 (Public frosty to Chinese authority’s new app that asks users to report on each other)
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-01012018135231.html

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China develops underwater surveillance networks in Indian Ocean, SCS
The Hindu, January 2, 2018
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-develops-underwater-surveillance-networks-in-indian-ocean-scs/article22350365.ece#

China’s ambitious new “port": landlocked Kazakhstan
The New York Times, January 1, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/world/asia/china-kazakhstan-silk-road.html

Hong Kong (香港)

"Rule without law”: Hong Kong lawyers hit back as leader Carrie Lam attacks “elitist mentality”
Hong Kong Free Press, January 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/02/rule-without-law-hong-kong-lawyers-hit-back-leader-carrie-lam-attacks-elitist-mentality/

Related:
Pro-Beijing veteran Maria Tam backtracks on claim that checkpoint decision has legal binding power for Hong Kong courts
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126405/pro-beijing-veteran-maria-tam-backtracks-claim-checkpoint

Thousands protest in Hong Kong over recent “interference” from Beijing
香港元旦万人游行抗议中共极权
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2018
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-protest-01012018165859.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-01012018163814.html

Related:
Showdown as police surround Hong Kong protesters at “Civic Square” after New Year’s Day march
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126414/scuffle-police-surround-hong-kong-protesters-civic-square

Chinese University leader vows to “lead by example” and respect others’ views as he takes charge of tense campus
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2126401/chinese-university-leader-pledges-lead-example-and-respect

Commentary (评论)

Making China great again
The New Yorker, January 1, 2018
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/08/making-china-great-again

Is Hong Kong really part of China?
香港真的是中国的一部分吗？
The New York Times, January 1, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/opinion/hong-kong-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20180102/hong-kong-china/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

求自由获救抵美 李爱杰誓为夫发声 (Li Aijie, rights defender Zhang Haitao’s wife, arrives in US for freedom and vows to speak for husband)
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/us-li-12282017163300.html?encoding=simplified

劉曉波62歲冥誕 諾貝爾獎twitter發帖悼念 (Nobel Prize tweets in memory of Liu Xiaobo’s 62nd birthday)
Mingpao, December 28, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171228/s00004/1514461052003

Related:
外交部：不了解劉霞行蹤和情況但知她目前自由 (MFA says it doesn't know Liu Xia’s whereabouts but claims she has freedom)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 28, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1372314-20171228.htm

被判免於刑事處罰 謝陽：一場荒誕離奇的審判 (Rights lawyer Xie Yang, avoided criminal punishment, calls his trial ridiculous and bizarre)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 28, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1372318-20171228.htm

最高检：2016年来共批准逮捕幼儿园工作人员侵害儿童案件69人 (Supreme People's Procuratorate claims it has approved 69 arrests of kindergarten workers for child abuse since January 2016)
The Beijing News, December 28, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/28/470433.html

法官法首次大修：法官任职要求提高，曾参阅14国相关法条 (Drastic revision to Judges Law raises bar for judges to qualify)
People's Court Daily, December 28, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1925731

China chides US, German embassies after call for release of activist
Reuters, December 28, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights/china-chides-u-s-german-embassies-after-call-for-release-of-activist-idUSKBN1EM0TB

Access to Information (信息公开)

All the things you can—and can’t—do with your WeChat account in China
Quartz, December 28, 2017
https://qz.com/1167024/all-the-things-you-can-and-cant-do-with-your-wechat-account-in-china/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China measures how “green” its cadres are – but will it be enough?
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2126026/china-measures-how-green-its-cadres-are-will-it-be-enough

Chinese children from poor home die after lighting fire to keep warm
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2126090/chinese-children-poor-home-die-after-burning-fire-keep-warm

11月全国查处违反中央八项规定精神问题5590起 (5,590 cases of party discipline violations investigated in November countrywide)
People’s Daily, December 29, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1229/c1001-29734880.html

人社部部长尹蔚民：2018年将完善工资收入分配制度 (Head of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security claims to improve income distribution mechanism in 2018)
The Beijing News, December 28, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/28/470451.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The big data and AI projects China is pinning its global tech ambitions on
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2126029/big-data-and-ai-projects-china-pinning-its-global-tech-ambitions

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

阿坝又有一藏民点火自焚身亡 (Another Tibetan dies after self-immolation in Sichuan)
Deutsche Welle, December 28, 2017
http://bit.ly/2CliXWJ

Hong Kong (香港)

Statement of the Hong Kong Bar Association on the decision of the NPCSC of 27 December 2017 on the co-operation agreement between the mainland and the HKSAR on the establishment of the port at the West Kowloon station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express rail link for implementing co-location arrangement
香港大律師公會就全國人大常委會於2017年12月27日批准「一地兩檢」合作安排的決定之聲明
Hong Kong Bar Association, December 28, 2017
EN: http://bit.ly/2lfa4qd
CH: http://bit.ly/2C6vxfH

Related:
梁愛詩：不能直接用普通法原則詮釋《基本法》 大律師公會不明白中國憲法 (Elsie Leung says can’t directly use Common law principles to interpret the Basic Law and claims HK Bar Association doesn’t understand Constitution of PRC)
Stand News, December 29, 2017
http://bit.ly/2BRplEd

Protesters slam “fake” opening of Hong Kong’s long-shuttered Civic Square
公民廣場重開 民主派不滿限日限時示威
Radio Free Asia, December 28, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-square-12282017134202.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-square-12282017062339.html?encoding=traditional

Commentary (评论)

原來香港可以逐吋切割 (It turns out Hong Kong can be ceded inch by inch)
Mingpao, December 29, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20171229/s00022/1514465978929

Asia made big strides in LGBT rights in 2017
Quartz, December 28, 2017
https://qz.com/1149730/asia-made-big-strides-in-lgbt-rights-in-2017/

世界报：习近平怎么发明的新独裁 (Xi Jinping has reinvented dictatorship)
Le Monde, December 27, 2017
http://bit.ly/2CliLHa

Related:
Trump, Xi and a dark year for democracy
Financial Times, December 29, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/899d6190-eaf9-11e7-bd17-521324c81e23

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高检：零容忍虐童案，儿童合法权益缺乏全面系统立法规定 (Supreme People's Procuratorate claims it has zero tolerance towards child abuse and calls for comprehensive legislature to protect children’s rights)
The Paper, December 28, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1925445

Tibetan filmmaker flees China, arrives in United States
Reuters, December 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2125923/tibetan-filmmaker-flees-china-arrives-united-states

Related:
一名西藏政治犯逃至加州 (Tibetan political prisoner Dhondup Wangchen flees to California after spending almost 10 years in jail)
Voice of America, December 28, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/tibet-escape-20171227/4182230.html

Kazakhstan national missing, believed detained in China, amid ongoing crackdown
新疆前官员入籍哈国遭公安越境绑架 伊力哈木16个月不准见妻儿
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/kazakh-missing-12272017141959.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-12272017101941.html

程海律师、蔺其磊律师:立即撤销案件释放王全璋律师或予以取保候审的要求书 (Cheng Hai and Lin Qilei, defense lawyers of Wang Quanzhang, demand Wang’s case to be immediately closed and call for his release or bail)
Weiquanwang, December 27, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/blog-post_44.html

吳淦獲刑聲明：不反對專制，我還是人嗎？ (Rights defender Wu Gan faces jail and says: Am I still human if I do not oppose authoritarianism?)
Stand News, December 27, 2017
http://bit.ly/2C94uzB

Related:
US and Germany call for release of Chinese activist “Super Vulgar Butcher”
The Guardian, December 28, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/28/us-and-germany-call-for-release-of-chinese-activist-super-vulgar-butcher

张海涛维权获罪19年，新疆妻儿被迫逃美 (Zhang Haitao’s wife and child forced to flee to US, after he was sentenced to 19 years in Xinjiang for defending rights)
Voice of America, December 27
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-20171227-connect-zhang-haitao/4181149.html

Related:
How questioning China’s security crackdown in Xinjiang led to a 20-year jail term
Associated Press, December 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2125910/how-questioning-chinas-security-crackdown-xinjiang-led

Beijing to discuss revising constitution for first time since 2004
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2125871/beijing-discuss-revising-constitution-first-time-2004

Related:
十九届二中全会明年1月召开，讨论研究修改宪法部分内容建议 (Second plenum of 19th party congress to discuss amendments to Constitution in January 2018)
Xinhua News Agency, December 27, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1923954

最高检：发挥检察职能协助解决农民工讨薪问题 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate vows to help migrant workers get paid)
Legal Daily, December 27, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-12/27/content_7432366.htm?node=5955

全国人大法律委：信访法起草工作正在抓紧进行 (NPC Legal Committee: Letters and Calls Law now being drafted)
Xinhua News Agency, December 27, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1924876

Access to Information (信息公开)

Don't call “Xi the Bun” - Chinese netizens are being jailed for chatroom jokes
Global Voices, December 27, 2017
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2017/12/27/dont-call-xi-the-bun-chinese-netizens-are-being-jailed-for-chatroom-jokes/

China’s Internet “clean-up” has closed over 13,000 illegal websites since 2015
Quartz, December 27, 2017
https://qz.com/1166024/china-shut-down-over-13000-illegal-websites-and-10-million-user-accounts-since-2015/

中共中央印发《中国共产党党务公开条例（试行）》 (Central Committee of CPC releases “Regulation on Disclosure of CPC Affairs (Pilot)”)
Xinhua News Agency, December 25, 2017
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-12/25/c_1122164920.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

乘火车吸二手烟 女大学生告铁路局 (After being exposed to secondhand smoke on train, university student sues railway authority)
The Beijing News, December 28, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/28/470384.html

广东顺德征地疑涉官商勾结 村民示威遭带走 (Villagers in Guangdong protest against government-business collusion in land rights dispute, and get taken away by police)
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-12272017112213.html

左派张云帆被捕遭秘密关押 学界联署要求放人 (Academia launches signature campaign demanding release of left-wing advocate Zhang Yunfan, after he was arrested and secretly detained last month)
Agence France-Presse, December 27, 2017
http://bit.ly/2ljz7HT

Related:
Scholars call for release of detained Maoist Zhang Yunfan in China
Agence France-Presse, December 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/27/scholars-call-release-detained-maoist-zhang-yunfan-china/

8 top Chinese intellectuals demand constitutional review of Beijing’s mass eviction
The Diplomat, December 27, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/8-top-chinese-intellectuals-demand-constitutional-review-of-beijings-mass-eviction/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中央环保督察完成31省份全覆盖 已问责超1.8万人 (Environmental inspectors from Central Government now cover 31 provinces and have held over 18,000 people to account)
Chinanews.com, December 28, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/12-28/8411080.shtml

Chinese authorities define student bullying
China News Service, December 27, 2017
http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2017/12-27/286102.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Uyghur biodata collection in China
The Diplomat, December 28, 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/uyghur-biodata-collection-in-china/

China lashes out at German ambassador over cyber security
Associated Press, December 27, 2017
https://goo.gl/q1Mb9n